Artificial-fly fish-hook.



o. D. min-WELL. ARTIPIUIAL FLY FISH- HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED DEU.8,19OB.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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oHARLEY n. CALDWELL, or PARIS, TEXAS.

ARTIFICIAL-FLY FISH-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 27, 1909.

Application filed December 8, 1908. Serial No. 466,526.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHARLEY D. CALD- WELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Paris, in the county of Lamar and State of Texas,have invented new and useful Improvements in Artificial-Fly Fish-Hooks,of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved fly for use in fly fishing or casting, theobject of the invention being to provide a fly with a pair of hooksturned in substantially opposite directions to insure the proper 3hanging of the fish on strike, as hereinafter described and claimed.

r In the accompanying drawings:Figure 1 is a perspective of a flyconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar viewshowing the opposite or underside. Fig. 3 is a lower end View of thesame. Fig. 4 is a detail elevation of the twin hook employed in themaking of my improved fly.

The basis of my improved fly is a twin hook 1 made of a single piece ofmaterial bent as shown in Fig. 4 to provide the two stems, two of thehooks connecting portion 3 between them at their upper ends and thebills 4 of the hooks, which bills are disposed at an angle with respectto each other as shown in Fig. 3 and extend substantially in oppositedirections, the barbs 5 of the hooks being turned toward each other. Thesnell 6 is attached to the stems of the twin hooks and the body of thefly is formed by silken or other suitable threads wound on the stems ofthe twin hook and so as-to'also engage the smell as shown, the body ofthe fly being indicated at '7 The feathers 8 which simulate the wings ofa fly or moth are attached at their upper ends to the body 7 of the flyby the windings of the threads. Underfeathers 9, which may be of anydesired color, have their upper portions secured between the stems ofthe twin hook by the windings which constitute the body of the fly, thelower portions of said feathers projecting from between the hooks asshownin Fig. 2. It will be observed by reference to Fig. 3 that theouter or wing feathers 8 lie in the angle between the hooks and tend toconceal the hooks and their barbs.

When a fish takes a fly, one or both of the hooks become embedded on thestrike and a fish is prevented from escaping.

What is claimed is:

A fly of the class described comprising a twin hook having its stemsconnected at their upper ends, a body formed by a thread wound on thestems of said twin hook, a srfell engaged by certain of the windings ofthe thread, wing feathers engaged at their upper ends by certain of thewindings of the thread and anunderfeather disposed between the bill ofthe twin hook and with its upper end portion between the stems of thetwin hook and also engaged by certain of the windings of the bodythread.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLEY D. CALDWELL.

Witnesses:

F. W. COFFEY, W. H. Rnsn.

